<< Our Photo Pages >> Heliopolis - Ancient Village or Settlement in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Heliopolis Alternative Name: Ain Shams, Al-Matariyyah, Mataria, IunuCountry: Egypt
NOTE: This site is 1.787 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cairo Nearest Village: Mataria
Latitude: 30.129348N Longitude: 31.307475E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Settlement in Lower Egypt (North)
One of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, the capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome.
Today it is mostly destroyed; its temples and other buildings were used for the construction of medieval Cairo.
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